| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMT | Cadmium Mercury Telluride |
| COD | Crack Opening Displacement |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory |
| IEF | Isoelectric Focusing |
| SFS | Saybolt Furol Seconds |
| NET | Norepinephrine Transporter |
| PAR | Proteinase-activated Receptor |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Act Of 1972 |
| DERP | Defense Environmental Restoration Program |
| MERLIN | Multi-element Radio-linked Interferometer Network |